Airlines
20,341 news found
AirlinesJal buys 7 B-767/300ER
Tokyo, Japan - By 2006 it will operate a fleet of 40 B-767s
Boeing, Jal (Japanese Airlines) and Mitsubishi Corporation have yesterday announced to have concluded an agreement for 7 B-767/300ER airplanes; the aircraft will be operated from Jal in regimen of leasing... more
AirlinesAir India wants to revalue the deals with Airbus and Boeing
New Delhi, India - It deals with orders for 35 new planes
The Indian national airline, Air India, has announced the orders stipulated with the American Boeing and the European Airbus will be revalued, because the expansion of the Indian carrier's fleet could... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines: by the half of 2004 the exit from bankruptcy
Chicago, Usa - Soon a new reorganization plan too
The United Airlines has announced by the half of 2004 it will exit from the regimen of controlled administration in which is currently forced to operate after the bankruptcy declaration; they're shorter... more
AirlinesBirth of Olympic Airlines
Athens, Greece - The new Greek carrier still aims to privatization
The Greek Transport Minister, Christos Verelis, announced the birth of Olympic Airlines, which takes the place of former Olympic Airways. The carrier, which was created by Aristotele Onassis and then... more
AirlinesFinnair resets its flight system
Rome, Italy - More flexibility on pricing and route
From the beginning of September, Finnair will implement its biggest ever price reform: pricing of domestic, Scandinavian and European flights will change from the present prices based on rules and restrictions... more
AirlinesBA e AA sign code-sharing agreement
Dallas, Usa - Almost 300 the destinations to be operated with the same code
Since the next September 17 American Airlines, the greatest American and world-wide carrier, and British Airways, the first one in Europe, will operate in regimen of code-sharing in the attempt to strengthen... more
AirlinesAir China and United Airlines sign a code-sharing agreement
Washington, Usa - It will be the United's Trojan horse to know the Chinese market
Air China and United Airlines have announced yesterday to have reached a commercial agreement according to which the 2 carriers will operate in code-sharing from next October 31. Based on this pact, the... more
AirlinesAlso Sas will fly to Basra
Copenaghen, Denmark - The service would start in the end of 2003
The American Supervisory Authority in Iraq has granted to the Sas (Scandinavian Airlines) the right to operate 2 flights a week with the city of Bassra. Together to the Polish Lot they are only 2 the... more
AirlinesEasyJet expands its network
London, UK - 3 new routes and 5 new planes to come
The low-cost airline easyJet has communicated it will add 3 new European destinations to its network: Marseilles and Toulouse in France and Bilbao in Spain for GBP 40,98 for a return ticket. All the... more
AirlinesRyanair could drop more French routes
Dublin, Ireland - If there're more adverse legal battles a pulling out could be possible
The verdict emitted from Strasbourg court against Ryanair (to see AVIONEWS) could oblige the Irish carrier to drop other routes it the legal battle in France would continue. This is the possibility illustrated... more
AirlinesAir Sahara increases its network with 24 flights more
New Delhi, India - Since September 7 the flight will be 103 from 79
The Indian private airline Air Sahara has announced today since September 7 it will add 24 destinations to its domestic network, and for this purpose it will use 2 Boeing 737-700s and a Canadian Regional... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines starts its recovery
New York, Usa - It went bankrupt in December
United Airlines, which went bankrupt in December, started a small recovery. After a weak second quarter, closed with USD 632m loss, the second American carrier announced good results in the company's... more
AirlinesChina Eastern Airlines buys 22 Airbuses for USD 1,5bn
Shanghai, China - By the end of the year 2 regional carriers to be acquired as well
China Eastern Airlines, China's second largest airline, has communicated yesterday it will invest USD 1,5bn in the next 3 years for the purchase of 22 Airbus aircraft: 10 will arrive by the end of this... more
AirlinesNegative numbers for Air France, but better than esteemed
Paris, France - 2003-2004 should end with a positive operating profit
The data regarding the 2003-2004 first-quarter of Air France have been disclosed yesterday after the closing of the Parisian Stock Exchange, and surely they're better than whichever forecast. Although... more
AirlinesAir Littoral in difficulty for debts
Paris, France - Aeris has problems too
French airlines are passing through a troubled season: after Air Lib was grounded by its debts with the State, two other carriers are in difficulty. Air Littoral is in a controlled administration since... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines expands its service by codesharing with Klm
Houston, Usa - 10 more destinations in Europe, Africa and Middle East
Continental Airlines is improving its transatlantic travel service by expanding destinations served in Europe and Africa through codesharing with the Dutch carrier Klm. The service will be available by... more
AirlinesRyanair suspends London-Strasbourg route after a French Court decision
Paris, France - The carrier would have abused of subsidies for the tourist development in Alsace region
Since next September 24 the low-cost Ryanair airline will suspend all the flights from London to Strasbourg because of a French sentence; according to the verdict, indeed, the Irish carrier would have... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: nonstop flights between New York and Bahamas
Houston, Usa - Daily flights on Embraer ERJ-145
Continental Airlines announced that on December 17 it will begin nonstop daily service from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International to Freeport in the Bahamas, pending government approval. The... more
AirlinesQantas could sell its terminal
Sydney, Australia - It's better to have cash selling the assets
The Australian airline Qantas is considering the opportunity to sell its terminal at the airports of Sydney and Melbourne, a decision that could assure USD 500m. Nothing has been decided yet, but it... more
AirlinesSince September a non-stop flight will connect Nairobi to Bangkok
Nairobi, Kenya - It's the first service between the 2 Countries
It will be inaugurated on next September 4 the new connection between Nairobi (Kenya) and Bangkok (Thailandia), core of the Asian economy and one of the most profitable route. However they were many to... more
AirlinesQantas opposes to the chance Singapore Airways could operate route between Australia and Usa
Sydney, Australia - It's one of the most profitable routes
The Qantas general executive manager, Geoff Dixon, opposes strongly to the eventuality that Singapore Airways can operate important destinations between the USA and Australia referring, evidently, to the... more
AirlinesFrontier signs agreement for 14 A-319s
Denver, Usa - An Airbus labelled fleet
It continues the golden moment of the low-cost airlines, the only ones that are formalizing, since the beginning of the year, important agreements for the supply of new planes (to see JetBlue, as an example).... more
AirlinesQantas could move jobs offshore
Sydney, Australia - An initiative to cut the costs
They are not known yet which will be the activities that could be moved out, but surely this is a way that Qantas wants to follow in order to diminish the crescents costs connected to the maintenance of... more
AirlinesAeroflot to get delivery this week of its new B-767/300
Moscow, Russia - By 2004 27 foreign aircraft will be taken
It's the first aircraft made by a foreign constructor that will make part of the Aeroflot fleet, the Russian national airline that has begun an important restructure and modernization plan that starts,... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines eases restrictions on nonrefundable tickets
Chicago, Usa - It's the same policy American Airlines announced on Tuesday
Continental Airlines said yesterday it has relaxed restrictions on nonrefundable tickets and will now give holders a year to reschedule plans, joining American Airlines in making that change. Holders... more
AirlinesValuAir has to face many problems before enter air market
Singapore, Singapore - It wants to become the Asia's No 2 low-cost airline
The Singapore-based ValuAir has to face a big obstacle in its plans to become Asia's No 2 no-frills airline outside Japan, even if is waiting for the government's approval within 9 months. Airport landing,... more
AirlinesChina Airlines threatens to nullify a Boeing order
Benjing, China - But it could cost a too big legally obligatory compensation
A situation that has taken shape for a hostile attitude from part of Boeing in the comparisons of the China Airlines Vice-President, Annette Lu, according to the Chinese sources. Indeed Lu was attended... more
AirlinesSumma Alliance will liquidate Aces
Medellin, Colombia - More than 700 employees will be fired
Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia, the second-largest partner in Colombia's Summa Alliance of three airlines, will be liquidated and more than 700 employees fired. They are the latest victims of a slump... more
AirlinesQantas: slump in profit because of Sars and war
Sydney, Australia - It's valuating for a low-cost
While the past first half-year had been closed with a profit of AUD 274,5m, this year the first 6 months have recorded a loss of AUD 9m, and for the Qantas ceo, Geoff Dixon, it is simple to find the causes:... more
AirlinesQantas baggage handlers strike, hours of delay for every flight
Sydney, Australia - Strong losses for the carrier finance
It's the second day in a row of protest of the Qantas baggage handlers, and also today serious uneasiness to the passengers and hours of delay have marked the flights of the carrier, forced also to operate... more
AirlinesSouthwest employees protest
Dallas, USA - No more extra-duties and higher pay
Yesterday about 50 unionized flight attendants of Dallas-based Southwest Airlines protested their labor stalemate with the carrier, the most profitable large carrier in the United States. For the past... more
AirlinesAir France: no comment about Klm talks
Paris, France - Meanwhile the agreement with Alitalia goes ahead
Shut mouths to the Air France the day after the indiscretions published yesterday from the daily paper "L'Agefi" (to see also AVIONEWS) care the possibility the French carrier can take the control of Klm... more
AirlinesRyanair offers 30,000 tickets for free to Spain
Birmingham, UK - Increased also the route with Dublin
An other initiative from part of Ryanair in full summery period online with its low-cost politics of the has been announced this morning from its ceo, Michael O' Leary: 30,000 seats for free (taxes excluded)... more
AirlinesPalestinian Airlines resumes its flights
Tel Aviv, Israel - First planes are taking off on Thursday
The Palestinian minister of Transports, Siad Al-Krunz, declared the national airline is going to resume its flights on Thursday. They were suspended three years ago because of Intifada and the following... more
AirlinesQantas is going to interrupt connections to Italy
Sydney, Australia - Cathay Pacific will supply them
Qantas stated by September 9 QF-16 and QF-15 flights, two weekly Italy-Australia-Italy connections via Singapore, will be replaced by 4 new weekly services via Hong Kong in codeshare with Cathay Pacific... more
AirlinesQantas pushes ahead for a cost-cutting plan
Sydney, Australia - The operator to be split in 3 units
The Australian airline Qantas has yesterday announced the restructure plan that would have to allow the carrier to save up to USD 658m in the next 2 years; however also Qantas, as other world-wide airlines... more
AirlinesAir France closer to take control of Klm
Paris, France - The operation could begin after the Air France's privatization
According to what the French economic daily "L'Agefi" reports today, Air France would be in contact with Klm for a possible agreement that would allow the French carrier to take the control of the Dutch... more
AirlinesSwiss: still losses but much better than the previous year
Zurich, Switzerland - The turnover goes up, the balance recovers
The Swiss airline has communicated today the figures of the first six months of the current year, one of worst in the history of the air transport. Although the carrier has recorded a net loss of EUR... more
AirlinesQatar Airways: a concrete reality in Italy
Doha, Qatar - After a year it won most demanding customers' confidence
The national airline of the Arabic state of Qatar is more and more present in Italy thanks to 4 flights a week that connect the small State to the 2 greatest cities of the Peninsula, Rome and Milan. A... more
AirlinesGulf Air ready to operate in Iraq
Riyad, Saudi Arabia - At the beginning only once per week
The Arabian airline Gulf Air could start the service with the Iraqi city of Basra already the next September 1, 12 years after the first Gulf War. In these days the technicians and the specialists of... more
AirlinesRyanair: since today the insurance is available on board
Dublin, Irland - It is being offered at EUR 21,35
The low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has inaugurated today a new service that, by now, will be available only on the flights in departure from Ireland and England, that is the possibility to sell its own... more
AirlinesBy November Cathay Pacific will operate in Benjing
Benjing, China - There'll be 6 flights per week
Cathay Pacific Airlines, the Hong Kong's flag airline, now under the Chinese administration, could receive in the next few months the authorization from part of the authorities of Beijing to operate 6... more
AirlinesSingapore Airlines plans to launch non-stop flights to the United States
Singapore, Singapore - The flights will start in early 2004
Singapore Airlines plans to offer a non-stop flight to the United States early next year catering only to first and business-class travellers. The carrier declared the flights will be a first for Asia,... more
AirlinesSwiss may enter Oneworld alliance
Rome, Italy - BA stresses: "We won't invest in Swiss"
According to the journal SonntagZeitung, Swiss International, the Helvetic airline looking for funds to regulate its bad financial statements, received the offer to enter Oneworld alliance. Oneworld spokesman... more
AirlinesMalaysia Airlines has initiated a major cabin upgrade of its 32 aircraft
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -Seventeen B747-400 aircraft and 15 B777-200 are scheduled for a refit
Malaysia Airlines has initiated a major cabin upgrade of its 32 aircraft, serving long and medium-haul destinations, by signing an agreement with B/E Aerospace and Matsushita Avionics Systems Corporation... more
AirlinesThe Siberian Bank of Sberbank will open line of credits to Siberian Airlines
Sberbank, Siberia - The credits will be secured by Siberian Airlines' property
The Siberian Bank of Sberbank will open a 1.425bn ruble (about USD47m) line of credits to Siberian Airlines. The line will be opened from September 2003 to the end of 2004. Credits will mature not later... more
AirlinesVietnam Airlines will resume flights to Beijing from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam - The route linking the two Vietnamese cities to the Chinese capital was cut in early May
Vietnam Airlines will resume flights to Beijing from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from Friday following a three-month suspension due to the SARS crisis.The route linking the two Vietnamese cities to the... more
AirlinesBritish Airways Launches new routed from London City Airport
London, England - New flights will be operated by British Airways CitiExpress
British Airways PLC said it is launching new routes from London City Airport to Edinburgh and Geneva, operated by British Airways CitiExpress.From Oct 26 Edinburgh will be served four times daily Monday... more
AirlinesKlm launched an additional flight to its Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur
Amsterdam, Holland - Klm has the biggest exposure to Asian destinations among European carriers
While most other airlines around the world are cutting down the number of flights and downsizing, Klm Royal Dutch Airlines recently launched an additional flight to its Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur , to six... more
AirlinesLufthansa quarterly results
Frankfurt, Germany - The operating result is positive, the net profit negative
Lufthansa released data about the second quarter 2003. Despite it was expected a EUR 90m loss due to the war in Iraq and the Sars, the airline obtained a positive operating result of EUR 65m. Net profit... more